Connect email accounts to Outlook

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The very first time you launch Outlook 2016, you will be prompted to connect at least one email account, more if desired. In this movie, you will know how to connect an initial email account to Outlook, and add additional accounts as needed to gain access to multiple email accounts all from one Outlook window.

- [Voiceover] It's time to shift our focus to Outlook 2016.…If your migrating from Outlook 2007,…you'll want to know how to do…what we're going to do here first.…And that is, connect to your mail accounts.…Let's say in Outlook 2007,…you were using Outlook to get access…to a pop account, imap account,…an exchange server account for example,…if you had access to multiple accounts…you'll want to do the same thing here…in Outlook 2016.…As you can see I'm already connected…to one of my accounts over here on the left-hand side,…but the very first time you launch Outlook 2016,…you'll be prompted to connect to an account…to get started, otherwise you can't.…

So if that's your situation,…I'm gonna replicate that by going up to file,…from here with info selected, click add account.…And this is where you'll go…to add additional accounts as well.…The very first time you launch Outlook 2016,…this is the type of window you'll see,…you'll be prompted to add an email account.…Now, you could go to manual setup if you wanted to,…

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8/5/2016

Make the leap from Office 2007 to Office 2016, and take advantage of the latest features and performance improvements in Microsoft's popular productivity suite. David Rivers help you install the newest version of Office; migrate all your important files, preferences, and settings; and get used to the new interface and features in Office 2016, including the Quick Access Toolbar, Touch mode, and cloud storage. He also steps through each of the major applications—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook—and shows you how to import and use content created in Office 2007 in the new version of the software.

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